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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of the realm. King and council. The commonalty request that 13 cogs charged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3948
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This record is about the Commonalty of the realm. King and council. The commonalty request that 13 cogs charged... dating from [c. 1319-c. 1333] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/79/3948
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1319-c. 1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the realm.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request that 13 cogs charged with corn, malt and flour belonging to German merchants are about to leave King's Lynn, and can be stopped as they are to the great damage of the realm, the German merchants selling their cargoes to the enemies at great profit, and the cost of corn has greatly risen.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the boats loaded, it is agreed by the king and council that they be released, this time by good security.2) Concerning the export of victuals by aliens a prohibition has been expressly made and the king wishes it to remain.
- Places mentioned
- Germany
- Flanders
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Aberdeen, [Aberdeenshire, Scotland]
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Merchants of Germany.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated to c. 1319-c. 1333 as it refers to Berwick in Scottish hands, and it was captured by the Scots in 1319, and was not recaptured until 1333. In addition the petition is answered in Latin which may suggest a date before 1322, as thereafter petitions were mainly answered in French.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 2997
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107724/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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